Means of single-article delivery from containers



July 17, 1923.

W. S. NEWMAN MEANS OF SINGLE ARTICLE DELIVERY FROM CONTAINERS Filed NOV.1, 1921 Fatente'ol July 17, 1923'.

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Application filed November 1, 1921. Serial no. 512,113.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, WVILLIAM SYLvEsTERNEWMAN, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Alexandra. inthe State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Means of Single-Article Delivery fromContainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improved mechanism whereby single articles, forexample matches, are delivered from containers. The articles will, oneat a time,be projected conveniently from the container or box, and beheld vertically or obliquely, ready to be grasped and removed.

For brevity I will hereinafter usually refer to articles to be deliveredas matches, and to containers as boxes, though the articles andcontainers will not be in practice limited thereto.

My box can be made portable, but in many cases will be formed forplacing on or fixing to a counter, table, wall or other support.

In the accompanying drawings a box illustrating the invention is shown,but the construction shown may be modified while still retaining matterhereinafter claimed.

Figure 1 is a plan of part of the box closed.

Figure 2 is a plan of part of the box with its lid removed, andcontaining a few matches.

Figure 3 is a side view of part of the box with its lid removed, insection on line 3-3 of Figure 2, and with a slide and its actuatordepressed to some'extent.

Figure 4 shows a sectional view of the upper part of the box, lookingtowards a tipping jaw.

Figure 5 is an end view in section on about line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is a side view of the slide and its actuator.

Figure 7 is an edge view of the slide.

Figure 8 is a view of the slide and its actuator from beneath. i

In these drawings A is a box having a chamber B to contain matches G,placed parallel, with their heads C at the same end of the box. InFigure 2 parts of matches are omitted to exhibit the constructionclearly. The chamber base D is sloped towards one side, to which thematches gravitate. F is a slide at that side, and when the slide islowered some matches mass themselves above it. Slide lowering iseffected by hand operatlon of an actuator. The shde has atop groove J (aknown separatmg means) 1n WlllCll. when the shde'is lowereda matchenters by gravitation. The slide is SQIIIGClISta-HCB 1nward of a wallshown'as box side E, whereby when a plurality ofmatches becomes locatedabove the lowered slide, one or more matches will, as the slide rises,enter a space or pocket G between wallE and slide F, and will be out ofthe way. From that pocket they later on reach the slidegrooves bygravitation.

H is a slide actuator, connected at H with the slide, and, in order thatit may be pressed by the 'user, a part H of it projects from the box,this actuator being normally kept raised, by a spring depressingitaffectsthe spring which returns the actuator and slide to normal raisedposition when the pressure is removed. The slide is arranged so that itsmovement agitates the sloping base D, to ensure that matches gravitateas aforesaid, though they generally descend the slope without agitation.Base -D is shown as a movable plate supported by a part A of the box.One or more pins A in part A project each into a slot D in base D, tokeep plate D in working positions.

A. projection on slide F is provided to cause the agitation, and isformed conveniently by setting a curved plate F on the slide face. Thisprojection as the slide rises and is depressed, pushes plate D, whichyields, but after it has been so pushed returns to normal by reason of aspring K located in the box; this spring is retracted by base D as thelatter is pushed upward.

The slide top has an end recess M which is overhung by the end of anymat-ch lifted in slide groove L, which is shorter than the match itraises.

In the upward path of the overhanging part of the match is an arrestingjaw N on an arm or spring finger N. The jaw match rises its overhangingend becomes gripped between the jaw N and slide F, which rises a littlefarther, and thus causes the match to be upended, so that its stemthusoverhangs the recess M, and as the j extends more or less vertically,and its A is a recess in part A to allow for passage of member F and Ais a recess in the wall of chamber B to receive spring N.

It is not essential thatthe container have a lid; but a lid as P isuseful, and I make it transparent'when it is desired to allow theoperations to be visible. The lid shown is slotted at P to allow for theupward swing of the gripped match. The lid could be modified in variousrespects.

Various means are known for operating match raising slides and to usesuch my construction could be modified.

Means may be provided to .temporarily fix the actuator and slide indepressed position, until the said means is released, letting theactuator and slide rise. I

The surfaces which grip the article raised bythe slide should be shapedand dimensioned according to the contour of the article, that, iS,- togrip a cigar or cigarette the gripping surfaces would be recessed tosuit the circular cross section of the article.

A. flat sided match is well gripped between fiat surfaces.

I claim '1. A device as described comprising a container having achamber with a reciprocating inclined base, and a slide in the conmentin one direction to shift the base in opposition to said means.

.3. In a container having a chamber, a slopingbase inthe chamber mountedto reciprocate in a path coincident with the plane of the base and thedirection of its slope, yieldable means to urge the base downwardly,anda slide in the container having means to shift the base in oppositionto said yieldable 4. Ina container having a chamber, a sloping baseinthe chamber adapted to re ciprocate in the direction of its slope,means to guide the movement of the base, a slide in the container, and abowed spring carried by the slide for strikingthe lower edge of the baseand acting to shift it diagonally upwards.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

- WILLIAM SYLVESTER "NEWMAN.

